Trebuchet font, where did it get its name ?

I've seen the word Trebuchet about 10 times in the last week, up until 20 minutes ago, I was only aware of it as the name of an MS font.
This article explains how the font got its

Internet Explorer 7 logo

is it just me, or does the new IE7 logo look like the mosaic logo from yesteryear ?

43places

blog about where you've been and where you want to go. Fun.

43things

if you haven't seen this, it's worth a look. It's a site where people state their goals (from the innane, to the practical to the spiritual), and other people say "yup, I've always wanted to do that too" or "I've done that, and I'd love to do it again" or "I did that, and it [...]